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Benjamin's Mystery Deck Game by Mindware
Benjamin's Mystery Deck
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Ages 10-14. Test your powers of deduction!

Benjamin is the brightest 13-year-old detective we know - and soon to be your favorite sleuth.  Fun illustrations and fascinating characters keep kids engaged as they test their powers of deduction and hone reading skills with the 46 mysteries on oversized cards!

Fun stocking stuffer, fun to put in a car for road trip entertainment!
The London Eye Mystery
London Eye Mystery, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.1. Author: Siobhan Dowd. Key Award: Red House 2008 Nominee.

Ted and Kat watched their cousin Salim board the London Eye. But after half an hour it landed and everyone trooped off–except Salim. Where could he have gone? And ultimately it comes down to Ted, whose brain works in its own very unique way, to find the key to the mystery. This is an unput-downable spine-tingling thriller–a race against time.
The 39 Clues Card Pack #1
39 Clues Card Pack #1
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The first Cahill card series features 56 thoroughly intriguing evidence cards that kids need to hunt down the 39 Clues.

The oversize cards (3.25 x 5) are loaded with top-secret Cahill information and intriguing puzzles that unlock the family's secrets.

Each pack contains 16 randomly assorted cards, with at least one rare or ultra-rare card per pack.
The Maze of Bones by Rick Riordan
Maze of Bones, The
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Interest: Grade 4-8. Reading Levels: 4.3. Authors: Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman, Peter Lerangis.

The 39 Clues is a new series designed to be interactive for kids, using 10 books, 355 trading cards, and an online game where kids play a part in the story and compete for prizes. The books will be written by different authors, starting with books by Rick Riordan, Gordon Korman and Peter Lerangis. The 39 Clues series begins with the death of Grace Cahill, grandmother of the main characters Amy and Dan. Just before her death, Mrs. Cahill added a clause to her will, stating that there are 39 clues planted around the world and her family members can choose between taking a million dollars now, or the first clue to discovering the secret of Cahill power and becoming the richest, most important people in history. Kids can find the clues within the books, trading cards, or online website.
Skulduggery Pleasant Series by Derek Landy
Skulduggery Pleasant Series - 2 Book Set
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 4.9. Author: Derek Landy.

Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: Ace Detective, Snappy Dresser, Razor–tongued Wit, Crackerjack Sorcerer, and Walking, Talking, Fire-throwing Skeleton —as well as ally, protector, and mentor of Stephanie Edgley, a very unusual and darkly talented twelve-year-old. These two alone must defeat an all-consuming ancient evil. The end of the world? Over his dead body.
New Policeman
New Policeman, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.1. Author: Kate Thompson. Key Award: Costa Book Award.

Who knows where the time goes? There never seems to be enough time in Kinvara, or anywhere else in Ireland for that matter. When J.J.'s mother says that what she really wants for her birthday is more time in her day, J.J. decides to find her some. But how can he find time for her, when he barely has enough time to keep up with school and his music? And where will he get time to find out if the shocking rumor is true—that his great-grandfather was a murderer? It seems as though J.J.'s given himself an impossible task. But then a neighbor reveals a secret to him—there is a place where time stands still. J.J. realizes he's the only person who can make the journey, but to do so he'll have to vanish from his own life. And when J.J. disappears from the village, enter the new policeman.
The Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World
Mysterious Edge of the Heroic World, The
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Interest: Grades 4-8. Reading Level: 5.7. Author: E.L. Konigsburg.

Amedeo Kaplan dreams of discovering something - some treasure no one realizes is there until he finds it. And he would like to discover a true friend to share this with.

Improbably, he finds the friend in aloof, edgy William Wilcox. And even more improbably, he finds his treasure among the memorabilia in the house of his eccentric neighbor, Mrs. Zender.

But Amedeo and William find more than treasure - they find a story that links a sketch, a young boy's life, an old man's reminiscence, and a painful secret dating back to the outrages of Nazi Germany. And they discover unexpected truths about art, friendship, history, heroism, and the mysteries of the human heart.
River Boy
River Boy
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Interest: Grades: 6-8. Reading Level: 5.3. Author: Tim Bowler. Key Award: Carnegie Medal.

Fifteen-year-old Jess's grandfather has just had a major heart attack, but he insists upon finishing his painting, River Boy. At first, Jess cannot understand why this painting is so important to her grandfather, especially since there doesn't seem to be any boy in it at all. But while swimming in the river herself, Jess begins to feel the presence of a strange boy. Could this be the same one her ailing grandfather struggles to paint? And if so, why has he returned?
Wildwood Dancing
Wildwood Dancing
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Interest: Grades 6-8. Reading Level: 5.4. Author: Juliet Marillier.

Set in historical Transylvania and loosely based on the fairytale "The Twelve Dancing Princesses", Wildwood Dancing centres on a family of sisters who have a secret bond with the mysterious Other Kingdom, where they go to dance at every Full Moon. When their father must go away for the winter, Jena and her sisters find themselves fighting for everything they hold dear – their home, their independence and the survival of the otherworld kingdom.
Coram Boy
Coram Boy
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 6.3. Mature Content. Author: Jamila Gavin. Key Award: Whitbread Award.

Published to acclaim in the United Kingdom, this stunning historical novel delves into a hidden side of eighteenth-century England: the world of infanticide and child slavery.  A host of characters swirls Jamila Gavin's carefully orchestrated plot, in this disturbing, ultimately uplifting novel about sons and fathers, abuse and abandonment, treachery and devotion.
The Mysterious Island
Mysterious Island, The
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Interest: Grades 9-12. Reading Level: 10.8. Author: Jules Verne.

With little more than courage and ingenuity, five Union prisoners escaped the siege of Richmond-by hot-air balloon. They have no idea if they'll ever see civilization again-especially when they're swept off by a raging storm to the shores of an uncharted island.